Big Al Reviews
Movie reviews and more by Albert DeSantis
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Oppenheimer
5 outta 5 The Barbenheimer social media joke, a double feature viewing of Barbie and Oppenheimer, has merit. Both are making a bunch of bank, both turned out to be pretty great, both have sprawling ensemble casts, and, most surprising, both have thematic similarities about the existential dread of annihilation. Barbie just has more pink.…
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Barbie
5 outta 5 Barbie is a licensed toy adaptation that both celebrates yet, at times quite savagely, parodies the toy brand it is based on. There was always a slightly unsettling, too perfect vibe about Barbie’s world which this movie uses for great effect. The performances are all hilarious with some little snippets of humanity…
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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
4 outta 5 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One increases the epic scope of the Mission: Impossible series and, as the series has already been epic in scope, that’s saying something. The Mission movies are pushing about 30 years at this point (the first flick came out in ’96!) so upping the spectacle in…
